News From the Advertising Industry

¶General Motors, Detroit, has given the McCann Worldgroup division of the Interpublic Group of Companies sole responsibility for the worldwide creative account of its Chevrolet division as a joint venture ends between the McCann Worldgroup and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, part of the Omnicom Group. Billings were not disclosed. A year ago, the McCann Worldgroup and Goodby, Silverstein created a joint venture agency, Commonwealth, to work on Chevrolet, with Goodby, Silverstein taking the creative lead for American ads and the McCann Worldgroup handling ads for markets like Brazil, Canada and China. Now, the McCann Worldgroup assumes sole responsibility for Commonwealth by buying out the 50 percent stake owned by Goodby, Silverstein. The almost 200 employees of a Detroit office that Goodby, Silverstein opened in 2010 are to be offered jobs at Commonwealth under the sole McCann Worldgroup ownership.

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¶Terry Kent, chief executive at Kantar Media North America, New York, part of the Kantar Media division of WPP, was named global chief executive at a new unit, Kantar Media Ad Intelligence.

¶Gunther Schumacher, chief operating officer at OgilvyOne Worldwide, New York, part of the Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide unit of WPP, will also be president of the agency, a new post.

¶Kevin McNulty, chief marketing officer at Momentum Worldwide, New York, part of the McCann Worldgroup unit of the Interpublic Group of Companies, was named president for international, a new post focused on markets like Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Asian-Pacific region.

¶Susan Danaher, president and chief executive at the Digital Place-based Advertising Association, New York, is leaving, the organization said, after she informed the board that she would not renew her contract when it expires on March 31. A search for a successor is under way by a nominating committee that includes Ms. Danaher, the organization said, who will serve as an adviser to the board after her successor is named.

¶Samantha Skey joined SheKnows, New York, owned by Great Hill Partners, as chief revenue officer, a new post, as the company, which specializes in online content aimed at women, focuses on increasing its advertising revenue. Ms. Skey was most recently chief revenue officer at Recyclebank, New York.

¶Cecilia Dobbs and Jason Kleinman joined the United States office of The Guardian, based in New York, in new posts. Ms. Dobbs becomes vice president for product; she had been director for digital strategy and design at Fox News Channel, New York, part of News Corporation. Mr. Kleinman becomes vice president for brand partnerships; he had been director for product marketing at The New York Times. The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group.

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¶VML, Kansas City, Mo., part of the Young & Rubicam Group unit of WPP, opened an office in Tokyo.

¶Martin Agency, Richmond, Va., part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, said that it had become a “founding investor” of 80amps, Richmond, a start-up incubator. Financial terms were not disclosed. The agency and 80amps will work together on building brands, products and services.

¶Meth Project Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that fights against the use of methamphetamine through the Meth Project, is joining the longtime national nonprofit organization that fights drug use, the Partnership at Drugfree.org, New York. The individual Meth Project organizations, in states like Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, will operate as members of the partnership, formerly known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

¶Art Directors Club, New York, is starting A.D.C. Young Guns for Good, which will encourage the members of the A.D.C. Young Guns program to work for charitable causes. The initial project will be to design ads for $1 million worth of full-page ad space in USA Today to benefit charities working on Hurricane Sandy relief. The project is in partnership with the Google Creative Lab unit of Google, which won the ad space in a contest sponsored by USA Today, part of Gannett, to encourage creativity in print advertising.